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Product: Book
ISBN-10: 87-90029-40-2
ISBN-13: 9788790029401
Publisher: Louisiana Museum of Modern Art
Country: Denmark
Year: February 15, 2001
Edition: illustrated edition
Size: 20.80 x 24.99 x 0.61cm
Number of pages: 80
Weight: 340gr
Binding: Paperback
ISBN-10: 87-90029-40-2
ISBN-13: 9788790029401
Publisher: Louisiana Museum of Modern Art
Country: Denmark
Year: February 15, 2001
Edition: illustrated edition
Size: 20.80 x 24.99 x 0.61cm
Number of pages: 80
Weight: 340gr
Binding: Paperback
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Jose Maria Faerna, René Magritte, Alberto Curotto (translator)
Abradale/Abrams; 1996
Hardcover
11.) Magritte
Siegfried Gohr, René Magritte, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (Corporate Author)
San Francisco Museum; 2000
Paperback
Jean-Michel Goutier, Renilde Hammacher, René Magritte, Bernard Noël, Bernard NoIl, Jean Roudaut, Sarah Whitefeld, Daniel Abadie (Eds.), Patrick Roegiers (Eds.), Alain Robbe-Grillet (contribution)
D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers; 2003
Hardcover
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Providing myriad visual examples of the ''Magritte effect,'' this new volume presents work by an artist who even among his fellow Surrealist painters seems--even after so many years--shocking, original, and preternaturally strange. Magritte's work manages to remain challenging because it marks a paradigm shift occurring within high modernism that the world is still dealing with today--an ever-recurring moment where everyday life seems unnatural, where the bedrock epistemological and ontological assumptions on which our concept of reality is based seem about to unravel. Testifying to the continuing resonance of Magritte's oeuvre in our contemporary world, this new volume presents Magritte as a forerunner and source of inspiration for Pop Art and Conceptual Art. Presenting a treasure trove of some of Magritte's most sumptuous and uniquely captivating works in full color, »Magritte« also features astute and thought-provoking texts on Magritte's art and its influence.
Providing myriad visual examples of the ''Magritte effect,'' this new volume presents work by an artist who even among his fellow Surrealist painters seems--even after so many years--shocking, original, and preternaturally strange. Magritte's work manages to remain challenging because it marks a paradigm shift occurring within high modernism that the world is still dealing with today--an ever-recurring moment where everyday life seems unnatural, where the bedrock epistemological and ontological assumptions on which our concept of reality is based seem about to unravel. Testifying to the continuing resonance of Magritte's oeuvre in our contemporary world, this new volume presents Magritte as a forerunner and source of inspiration for Pop Art and Conceptual Art. Presenting a treasure trove of some of Magritte's most sumptuous and uniquely captivating works in full color, »Magritte« also features astute and thought-provoking texts on Magritte's art and its influence.
Amazon.com Review
This installation of the Modern Master series surveys the work of Rene Magritte, one of the most enigmatic artists of the 20th century and an important figure in the surrealist movement. He combined the commonplace with the fantastic to become the master of »magic realism.« Cloud-filled skies, bowler-hatted men, and oversized household objects are in abundance in the more than 60 full-color reproductions included in this volume.
This installation of the Modern Master series surveys the work of Rene Magritte, one of the most enigmatic artists of the 20th century and an important figure in the surrealist movement. He combined the commonplace with the fantastic to become the master of »magic realism.« Cloud-filled skies, bowler-hatted men, and oversized household objects are in abundance in the more than 60 full-color reproductions included in this volume.
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Is this not a pipe? 
The catalogue for a comprehensive exhibition at the Jeu de Paume in Paris held in 2003, this book is a very good, well-documented, well-illustrated study of this ubiquitous Belgian artist who has inspired so many contemporary artists and publicists. There is quite a lot of material available on Magritte and I would say this one is one of the safest bets. Daniel Abadie is a leading French modern art historian and curator and his signature is a token of quality.
The catalogue for a comprehensive exhibition at the Jeu de Paume in Paris held in 2003, this book is a very good, well-documented, well-illustrated study of this ubiquitous Belgian artist who has inspired so many contemporary artists and publicists. There is quite a lot of material available on Magritte and I would say this one is one of the safest bets. Daniel Abadie is a leading French modern art historian and curator and his signature is a token of quality.
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